Circa 1974 going to small bore matches we would sign the rifles out of the ROTC arms room and load them on a cart to roll out to one of the team's vehicles. Normal practice days they got loaded onto a cart and wheeled through the halls down to the high school rifle range.
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Historically, there was a bit cultural difference between a youth toting a bolt .22 or shottie during particular days of a hunting season- when everyone in that small community knew it was hunting season, and generally walking around town and going about one's daily business with a long gun in hand. The latter activity was never generally accepted.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Looks like the guy took a beating.
“dislocated shoulder, broken left clavicle and five broken ribs”
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/202...nd-street.html
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Mostly peaceful.Originally Posted by Clusterfrack
There's nothing civil about this war.
Mostly.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
One can almost see a plan taking shape-
1) the Democrats defund local departments
2) street crime and "peaceful protest" increase
3) the Normies react by going vigilante
4) the Democrats are Shocked! by this increase in crime, and demand an immediate weapons ban right now!
5) (Bonus) the Democrats federalize all local law enforcement agencies to stop the horrible institutional racism and stuff
But, these things historically tend to go off the rails, as most things involving people do, and go off in a totally unanticipated direction with a lot of unintended consequences.
What, I don't know.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Like I said earlier, the Black Panthers made that point pretty strongly back in the 60's. I suspect that there are at least a couple of modern black revolutionary Marxists in the BLM organization who have heard a little bit about the antics of the previous generation of black revolutionary Marxists.
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
I can't see the parity between dorks going into Starbucks or whatever and more or less just doing legal dorky things, and huge armed crowds blocking traffic and attacking motorists. I'd agree the latter are carrying guns at people. The former, not so much. Making a point about legality is just not comparable to participating in an armed riot.
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
The key difference is the BLM/Antifa open carriers are involved in unlawful and threatening activities.
“I’m scared of people because they are armed” is fundamentally different from armed individuals doing crimes and threatening people.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
THIS.
If the American Nazi party or the KKK were doing exactly the same things as the BLM “activists” in those videos, there’d be riot cops in the street, and maybe Federalized National Guard to make it stop right now.
But if they’re being violent and threatening for the “right” (actually “left”) political reasons, somehow it’s okay.
Like @blues, I’m truly coming to fear for the future of our nation.
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